Chinatown street, Singapore. Image courtesy of the Singapore Tourism Board, used with permission. As a bustling metropolis, Singapore is as diverse and multicultural as it gets. Enclaves for its major…
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ActivitiesDive Into Brunei’s Underwater World
School of fish swarms a wreck off Brunei. Image courtesy of Brunei Tourism. Brunei has more than 30 dive sites and 4,500 hectares of coral reefs to explore. Oft overlooked…
ActivitiesExperience Indonesia’s Coral Triangle
Komodo Dragon, Rinca Island, Indonesia. Mike Aquino. Marine experts put Southeast Asia’s “Coral Triangle” in a league of its own: its biodiversity attracts scientists, who come to study the plant…
ActivitiesUnravel the Mystery of the Plain of Jars
Image of the Plain of Jars courtesy of Tourism Laos, used with permission In Xiengkhouang Province in northern Laos, thousands of giant stone jars estimated to date back between 500…
ActivitiesGo Temple-Hopping in Bagan
Lawkananda Pagoda, Bagan. Mike Aquino. From the 11th to the 13th century, the settlement of Bagan was the core of the massive Pagan empire that ruled over much of present-day…
ActivitiesPay Respects at the Kyaikithiyo Pagoda
Kyaikithyo Pagoda. Ministry of Hotels & Tourism One of Myanmar’s most celebrated pagodas, the Kyaikithiyo Pagoda – known to devotees as the Golden Rock – sits on a rock balanced…
ActivitiesBoun That Luang
Philip Roeland The Pha That Luang or the Golden Stupa is the most important religious monument in Laos. Located in Vientiane and built over an ancient stupa in 1566, the…
ActivitiesGo Diving in Koh Rong
Koh Rong dive center. Aaron Bradford / Creative Commons A two- to three-hour boat journey off the coast of Cambodia’s popular beach destination Sihanoukville, Koh Rong is one of South…
ActivitiesDive Deep amidst the Philippines’ Reefs
Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) at Apo Reef. NOAA Photo Library / Creative Commons As a buffet is to a hungry diner, so is the Philippines to the eager diver: a…